Monday, July 17, 2023

Bee Vintage Sew Along - Week Two - Vintage Butterfly Block!!




"VINTAGE BUTTERFLY BLOCK"


Welcome to week two of the 
"BEE VINTAGE"
Sew Along!
Join me here each week 
when I will be doing 3 tutorials
 on three blocks for the quilt.

Of course because we are all sewing 
from all around the world  
we all have different time zones...
But I will be posting each 
Monday - Wednesday - Friday 
right here on my blog 
and you can follow my tutorials 
any time during the week that 
 is convenient for you.



We are making the 
Bee Vintage Sampler Quilt
71" x 84"
 
I've been getting ready for
when it was time to begin...
and now that time is here!!


The quilt is made with my fabric
 collection called Bee Vintage...
and a few other prints from my basics collections as well!

I hope that you all have all 
received your 
fabric kits by now...
 and that we are all ready to begin!!


If you still need one ...
just do a quick google search for 
"Bee Vintage Quilt Kit"
to find shops who still have some left.



We are also using the
Bee Vintage
Sew Simple Shapes

I have already posted the
 post which details all of the supplies
 for the sew along and how it works.
I have also given the link there 
for the free PDF Download 
of the Sew Along Guide

to download the sew along guide
if you have not downloaded yet. 



As per usual for the first block in my 
Sew Simple Shape Sew Alongs
 that FIRST tutorial is a video.

Because I now have my own  
 I have posted the 
 Vintage Strawberry Block
Tutorial there.
to visit my channel and watch the 
tutorial and I hope that you love it!

to read my blog post too


for the tutorial on
VINTAGE APPLE BLOCK


Last time we made the
VINTAGE CHERRIES BLOCK
for that tutorial

Today we are making a butterfly!




Here is my Vintage Butterfly Block 
 All cut...traced and ready to go:)

Here is a list of the
  Bee Vintage 
Sew Simple Shapes 
needed for this block:
1 - P-22
1 - P-48
2 - P-49


***TAKE NOTE***
That you will need to TRACE ONE 
of the P-49 shapes in reverse.
To trace in reverse...
simply turn the Sew Simple Shape 
over so that the right side 
(you can tell from the printing on the shape)
 is facing down and then trace!
Easy Peasy:)

Cut your background  
12" x 12"
and press it in half for centering 
the butterfly when 
pinning and glue basting:)


I thought you might like to sew 
what the back of my shapes look like
 after sewing...turning and pressing!
Take note that for this block
each shape has cleavage areas to clip and the 
bottom wings also have inner curves:) 


Ready for layout!


This block is pretty straight forward to 
lay out and here is your Trim-It Ruler photo
for easy peasy placement!


And we have 8" tall...


And 9 1/2" wide:)


Sue Glued and pinned.



And yes...
I used the Easy Trace Light Box
and the embroidery pattern from the 
guide to trace on the butterfly antennae...
 


I used 3 strands of the floss 
and a backstitch and embroidered.


Ready for applique!


You know the drill...
after applique press from the back
 and trim down to 10 1/2" square 
before sewing it into your quilt.


VINTAGE BUTTERFLY BLOCK


Here is another quilt 
that I colored for you!
to print of view the 
high res printable photo


Thanks so much for sewing a butterfly 
with me today
 and for joining me for the first 
block tutorial of week two in the 
Bee Vintage Sew Along

I'll meet you right back here
on my blog in a few days for the 
Vintage Maple Leaf Block tutorial...
xx
Lori

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